Georgia s correctional facilities have been hit hard by Covid-19, with 3,260 recorded infections among incarcerated people and 93 dead, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
Savannah s Coastal State Prison on Gulfstream Road has seen eight inmates die from COVID, the second highest tally for a Georgia state prison.
Despite these grim figures, only 700 of Georgia s nearly 46,000 inmates had been vaccinated as of Wednesday. That s about 1.5% compared to the 21.2% of Georgians overall who have received at least one dose.
Even some of the oldest inmates who are most at risk have had difficulty accessing vaccines, said Conyers-based corrections advocate Susan Burns, who started a private Facebook group for those with a loved one in Georgia prison called They Have No Voice after her son was incarcerated. One member recently told her about her elderly father who requested a vaccine two months ago, but still had difficulty getting it when vaccinations finally di
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Correctional staff in Hampden, Worcester counties are getting vaccinated at rates higher than the state, but vaccine myths persist
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
More than 60% of Hampden and Worcester counties’ correctional staff have agreed to in-house COVID-19 vaccinations, a rate about 10% higher than Department of Correction employees statewide. It’s a trend that’s helped multiple facilities slowly return to normal operations, including increased visitations and educational programming for inmates.
Prisoners and correctional officers in Massachusetts were among those included in the first phase of the state’s vaccination rollout.
But local officials say they’re still striving to stamp out vaccination myths and misinformation among correctional officers and inmates, even though the virus has infected more than 2,700 Massachusetts prison and jail workers and left 22 inmates dead. Nationwide, distrust in prison administration and the handling of the pandemic prompted several